THE MINOTAUR AND THE MUSEUM GUARD“I’ve come to see the Grecian pots.”“Go away.”“I can’t come in you say. Why not? I’ve come to see the Grecian pots.”“They’re china you clot.”“I’ve fought and died on countless urns, yet never broken clay; I’ve come to see the Grecian pots.”“Go away.”

OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL BILLABONGFerals should be shot.Buffaloes are feral.Beastly billabong blots; Ferals should be shot.Our watery spot’s somewhatat peril.Ferals should be shot.Buffaloes are feral.

“Dingo’s triolet is offensive, ” said Kangaroo“True, but great literature should shock us from complacency and challenge our preconceptions, ” said Goanna.“Dingo’s triolet is great, ” said Kangaroo.“It’s most unfair, I’m third generation, ” protested Buffalo.“I’m sure Dingo did not intend a literal interpretation…..”“Yes I did, ” said Dingo.“……because if so, we’d have to ban it, ” said Goanna.“No I didn’t, ” said Dingo.“You’re feral too Dingo, ” said Buffalo huffily. “Your ancestors arrived with sea-faring Asian traders about 5000 years ago.“That’s a mooot point, ” sneered Dingo.“I vote for Dingo, ” said Kangaroo.“Wait, we have a late entry, ” said Koala.“Whose is it”? “Mine. It’s called….er…..”

I’M A BONA FIDE GONDWANALAND AUSSIEAlas you’re both disqualifiedand now it’s time to vote.Never mind, at least you tried; alas you’re both disqualified.No triolets remain besidethis one I wrote.Alas you’re both disqualifiedand now it’s time to vote.

The animals became increasingly….

ANIMATED“I vote for Kangaroo, ” said Kangaroo.“Unprecedented since you haven’t entered, ” said Goanna.Koala snickered, “That’d be a coup.”“I vote for Kangaroo, ” said Kangaroo.Buffalo and Dingo, both ‘true blue’skirmished in a patriotic manner.“I vote for Kangaroo, ” said Kangaroo.“Unprecedented, avant-garde, a winner! ” said Goanna.

Comments about The Triolet Competion At Outback Poetry Club^ by Diane Hine

A good thing no post modernist Pangean Stromatelites entered silently. A great creative write and
A most enjoyable dialogue on so many levels. Good to see the hipster Bish balladeers back for another literary shindig.
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